Was the accusation true or a smear? Supposedly, Warren advocates something called Chrislam. Some, apparently regard both the Bible and the Qur’an as true and sacred texts. How anyone would reconcile the two, I have no idea.  Nevertheless, at least a few journalists have covered Chrislam (see here and here).

So why am I mentioning this? When bloggers don’t check the veracity of their sources, we spread rumors and innuendo, sometimes really silly rumors and innuendo.

So what kind of pastor is Warren? I don’t attend his church, but you can visit his church’s website. I am currently enjoying the Christian Apologetics webpage.

Heather has her own blog, UltimateOutcasts.com.  Heather posts relatively rarely, but there are some great posts. Here, Mama Capitalist Exposee, is one most will find an excellent read. Here is how she begins.

Question: Can you spot the difference between a productive American Mom and this cow?

Me neither. (from here)

What is Mama Capitalist Exposee about? The post provides Heather‘s personal experiences with our capitalist system.

After reading Mama Capitalist Exposee, I decided to explore Heather‘s views on Capitalism. How does Heather define capitalism?

Capitalism is a manipulated system designed to move money from one hand to another (cleverly, both hands shifting the money can be yours if you really know your capitalism). Learn enough about it and money can flow more easily in your direction. Do not learn about it and suffer the consequences. (from here)

Fortunately for Heather, her experiences seemed to have been largely positive. Nonetheless, she has a dismal view of our Capitalist system.

With so many changes in our financial policy in the last 20 years, an entire generation of Mothers have been entangled in a convoluted economic system. It’s one that purports to breed innovation (love it!) while at same time allowing those with the most money to crush their competitors (dislike it!). This is a confusing system not taught in school and one we are not meant to easily understand. (from here)

In fact, Heather has her own Utopian plan for replacing our current system with one based upon motherhood.

How do you really show your love of America? By making more Americans!

Did you know if we paid 32 Million educated, working American women $25,000.00 to have a baby next year it would cost $800 Billion dollars?

That is the same amount as last year’s “stimulus”. I believe that is also how much gets lost in the sofa cushions over at the Pentagon each year.

If you think American Moms are a better investment than the Pentagon’s sofa cushions keep reading.

Consider The Great American Mom Stimulus: A 5-year experiment to see what happens when we pay working women to have babies based on their employment and education history. (continued here)

Tempted to laugh? Don’t. Instead, consider your own life challenges. Consider your own daydreams — your own moments when you wished the world revolved around you.

We do not live in Paradise. When God cursed the ground for our sake (Genesis 3), we lost Paradise. Now we live in a competitive world, and we struggle. Often, we find that struggle painful.

What is Capitalism? Capitalism is merely an economic theory. We have never entirely put Capitalism into practice. Thus, large sectors of our economy, much of that which Heather complains about, is run by our government. Consider a few examples.

• If moms do not understand our economic system, isn’t that a reflection upon our government-run education system?
• Because they should be easier to run, small businesses should generally be the most competitive. So why is so much of our economy tied up in big corporations? In many enterprises, economy of scale provides a great advantage. Consider the automotive assembly line. That assembly line is costly, but a large production run spreads that cost over a larger number of cars. Nonetheless, the advantages of economy of scale hardly provides a complete explanation.  There is another advantage that large companies can purchase, government favoritism. We generally call this Crony Capitalism.

To work effectively, Capitalism requires a government-run regulatory structure. Ideally, that structure should exist to ensure that business transactions are honest and open, that participants in business contracts keep their word. In addition, we need government to ensure that businesses do not shunt their costs — such as pollution — onto innocent parties. Unfortunately, just as we can abuse our right to conduct business, we can also abuse our right to conduct government. Therefore, our Capitalist system is an admixture that includes unhealthy doses of both Crony Capitalism and Socialism.

Thus, we get the irony of SuperCapitalism (explained here by the Liberal economist who coined the term). Below Heather explains.

Supercapitalism is basically the concept that corrupted capitalists are financially punishing workers and financially rewarding non-workers. In all fairness, what I have learned has largely been through chance but I have seen Supercapitalism at work and can confirm it’s much easier to make money with money than it is as an American worker. (from here)

And what is the irony? In their efforts to create their own perfect world, the Utopian dreamers of one generation create the problems the next generation of Utopian dreamers find ready-made for their complaints.

In Atheistic Reductionism, Thinking in Christ explores the futility of Atheism.

What seems to have lost in the mad dash for atheism is that atheism is a reductionist system.

What does this mean? In atheism, all things must, eventually, be reduced to a single thing, the one unifying theory of the universe. Once you make God “the god of the gaps,” then everything supernatural goes into the gaps with God, to be squeezed into nothing. (from here)

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 82,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

The Louvre Museum? Those guys really do have a sense of humor. Either that or they were just trying to point out that I wrote an awful lot of posts for just 4 days of activity.

Here is a list (in no particular order) of the blogs I enjoyed the most in the past year. To each I wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

• THE FAMILY FOUNDATION BLOG: Provides news relevant to Virginia’s families.
• Freedom, by the way: Writes well-researched, interesting posts that garners equally interesting comment.
• The right-wing liberal: An astute political analyst.
• pumabydesign001′s blog: Fiercely Conservative.
• American Freedom: Interesting new blog. Refuses to sit by and watch our God-given American rights stripped away.
• blogsense-by-barb: What can I add to her avatar?
• My Blog: A lovely lady saddened by a prodigal government.
• Be Sure You’re RIGHT, Then Go Ahead: Proud patriot on the attack.
• Right Hook: The name fits.
• Blog de KingShamus: Reflective. Makes you think, but doesn’t take himself too seriously.
• PWC Education Reform Blog: A very involved mother.
• Deo Vindice: Christian/Soldier/Scholar.
• NooneOfAnyImport’s Blog: Homeschooling military wife and mom with a great blog.
• bluebird of bitterness: Bob collects great humor. When I am feeling low, I visit .
• Boudica BPI Weblog: Nuts about Queen Boudica. Fascinating bit of history, BTW.
• Shaun Kenney: Thoughtful and thought provoking.
• Rogue Operator: Has appropriately changed its name to Rogue Government.
• ON MY WATCH – the writings of SamHenry: Strives for reasoned and orderly debate.
• Always On Watch: Is a lady who posts her “homework” on her blog.
• Virginia Right!: Great new News Blog that focuses on Virginia politics.
• The Twilight’s Last Gleaming: Blog home to a nostalgic patriot who loves glorious graphics.
• The Mad Jewess: A little nutty, sometimes funny, but always intriguing.
• Diary of a Mad Conservative: A Constitutionalist, an Originalist, and a Conservative fed up with the opposing view.
• That Mr. G Guy’s Blog: A redneck.    See below.
• PHOEBE’S DETENTION ROOM: The redneck’s lady.
• sitting on the edge of the sandbox, biting my tongue: A blog where the reader never knows what to expect.
• I Hold the Line: Thoughtful Christian blog written by an excellent scholar.
• Salt and Light Blog: Inspiring Christian/political blog.
• To Be Right!: A neighbor like the rest of us, seeking to sound the alarm.
• Common Sense: Not so Conservative, but these guys do voice their opinions. One had the gumption to run for public office.
• SkepticalObservor: A hardworking lawyer who actively works for Conservative government.
• Thinking in Christ: Puts the focus where it belongs.

A greeting from the email chain.

This came from a friend at Christmas and thought I would pass it along.

You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, ‘One nation, under God..’

You might be a redneck if: You’ve enjoyed seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.

You might be a redneck if: You still say ‘ Christmas’ instead of ‘Winter Festival.’

You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.

You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem

You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.

You might be a redneck if: You’ve never burned an American flag, nor intend to.

You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren’t afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.

You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.

You might be a redneck if: You’d give your last dollar to help a friend.

You might be a redneck if: You believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior; and in His death, burial, and resurrection.

This email is because I believe that you, like me, have just enough Red Neck in you to have the same beliefs as those talked about above.

God Bless the USA and God Bless you and your loved ones!

Merry Christmas,

From a friend